Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘
A Gentle Breeze In The Village
Nippon Cinema ª
Soyo is the oldest in the tiny school of a tiny hick town. She believes it is the best place on earth, but then a boy from Tokyo enters the school and everything changes... Director YAMASHITA and scriptwriter WATANABE (both NIPPON CONNECTION favorites) conjure up the quiet uproar of first love in a magical way.
Guests:
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
Fri., April 04, 2008, 17:00
Studierendenhaus
German premiere in presence of the director Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
Original with English subtitles
Sat., April 05, 2008, 20:00
Orfeos Erben Kino
German premiere in presence of the director Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
Original with English subtitles
天然コケッコー
Tennen kokekkô
Japan 2007
121 minutes
Director
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
Script
Aya WATANABE based on a manga by Fusako KURAMOCHI
Cinematography
Ryuto KONDO
Music
Rei HARAKAMI
Production
A Gentle Breeze in the Village Film Partners
World sales
Asmik Ace
Cast
Kaho, Masaki OKADA, Yui NATSUKAWA, Koichi SATO
About Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
山下敦弘
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi in 1976, studied at Osaka University of Arts and started his career at Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His feature film debut HAZY LIFE (1999 / NC ’00), an international success, was screened in 2000 at the first NIPPON CONNECTION Film Festival and won the Off Theatre Prize at Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He had his commercial breakthrough with the comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005 / NC ’08). Establishing his distinctive style with his further works such as A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (2007 / NC ’07), TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM (2013 / NC ’14) and OVER THE FENCE (2016 / NC ’17), YAMASHITA has become one of the major protagonists of the Japanese film industry.